Save the Réunion Harrier: a worldwide task

Valérie Grondin is the leader of SEOR’s Réunion Harrier project. As part of the Life+ Cap DOM programme, she works on the threats which are weighing upon this species and which originate with man.

Poaching, the indirect effects of the use of rat-poisons, and the presence of low-level electrical power lines into which it flies are the main causes of the decline of the species. What can be done? Agree preventative measures with the farming community, the electricity companies and those responsible for environmental protection. Valérie also wants to set up volunteer patrols to report on the population status of this Réunion raptor, and perhaps also to try out a system of rapid response whenever injured birds are found.

For Valérie, who has devoted years to this bird “saving the Réunion Harrier is a worldwide task”.